[PATCH v3 1/1] checkpatch: Don't warn on "orhapned" DT schema file
From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Oct 27 2025 - 05:39:45 EST
Currently checkpatch warns is the DT schema file is absent in MAINTAINERS.
However the DT schema files are self-contained in this sense and
have embedded information about maintainers of it. This is a requirement.
Hence, avoid checkpatch warning about it.
Tested-by: Akhilesh Patil <akhilesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v3: removed Requested-by tag
v2: drop some leftovers
The motivation of the patch is that DT people complaining about checkpatch but
doing nothing about it. They should be more collaborative.
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 6729f18e5654..db274a7c2fb0 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3441,9 +3441,12 @@ sub process {
($line =~ /\{\s*([\w\/\.\-]*)\s*\=\>\s*([\w\/\.\-]*)\s*\}/ &&
(defined($1) || defined($2))))) {
$is_patch = 1;
- $reported_maintainer_file = 1;
- WARN("FILE_PATH_CHANGES",
- "added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating?\n" . $herecurr);
+ # DT bindings are incorporate maintainer information, no need to report
+ if ($realfile !~ m@^Documentation/devicetree/bindings/@)) {
+ $reported_maintainer_file = 1;
+ WARN("FILE_PATH_CHANGES",
+ "added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating?\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
}
# Check for adding new DT bindings not in schema format
--
2.50.1